Syria’s Kurds: The new front line in confronting Iran and Turkey – Dr. James M Dorsey
Dr. James M Dorsey | US President Donald J. Trump’s threat to devastate Turkey’s economy if Turkish troops attack Syrian Kurds allied with the United...
Qatar rejects normalising ties with ‘criminal’ Assad
AFP| Qatar's foreign minister ruled out on Monday the possibility of re-opening an embassy in Damascus, in line with some other Gulf countries, calling Syrian...
US military removes some equipment from Syria
AFP | The US military has removed some equipment from Syria, a defense official confirmed Thursday, following a report that the drawdown ordered by President...
IS launches a major attack in eastern Syria
News Desk | Militants defending their last bastion in eastern Syria used the cover of bad weather to launch a deadly counterattack against a Kurdish-led...
Two Americans among foreign jihadists captured by Syrian Kurds
AFP | The Kurdish-led force battling the remnants of the Islamic State group in eastern Syria said Monday it captured five foreign jihadists, including two...
US Syria withdrawal must be done with allies’ defence ‘assured’: Bolton
AFP | US President Donald Trump's national security adviser said Sunday during a visit to Israel that the American withdrawal from Syria must be done...
What next for Syria’s Kurds?
AFP | Syria's Kurds have established an autonomous region during seven years of civil war, but the abrupt decision by their US ally to withdraw...
Syrian army deploys to Manbij in new alliance with Kurds
AFP | Syrian troops deployed in support of Kurdish forces around a strategic northern city on Friday, in a shift of alliances hastened by last...
UAE reopens Damascus embassy after seven years
AFP | The United Arab Emirates reopened its embassy in Damascus Thursday, the latest sign of efforts to bring the Syrian government back into the...
Efforts to return Syria’s Assad to Arab fold amount to hollow victory for autocrats – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | Two developments, the pending return of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to the Arab fold and protests in Sudan, Jordan, and Tunisia,...
The abrupt withdrawal of the U.S troops from Syria
News Analysis | The U.S President Donald Trump in yet another surprising move tweeted the abrupt ending of the U.S mission in Syria and announced...
Trump declares victory over IS in Syria, orders US troops home
AFP | The Islamic State group has been "beaten" in Syria, US President Donald Trump said Wednesday in announcing a stunning order to pull American...